June 9, 2022
Online conference for SaaS companies from Emerging Europe, Finland & Israel
SUMMERSAAS
in a nutshell
We strive to deliver an exceptional event for
the early-stage venture & SaaS communities
5 tracks
Vertical Saas (construction, real-estate, logistics, etc.),
Horizontal Saas (productivity, sales, HR, support),
Developer Tools (R&D productivity, product analytics, DevOps), Fintech, New Economy (Gig economy, Web3)
20+ investors
Top-tier seed investors from Israel, CEE, Baltics, Finland, CIS, and Greece
25 startups
Rising SaaS companies
in swiftly growing
technology verticals
1000+ guests
Hundreds of executives and tech professionals across Emerging Europe and Israel
About
SUMMERSAAS
The event is hosted by Flashpoint, an alternative asset manager investing
in late-seed and beyond from Venture Capital, Venture Debt and Secondary Buyout funds.
SummerSaaS is an online event for seed stage SaaS companies with founders from Emerging Europe and Israel. We want to give the best seed companies an opportunity to pitch top-tier funds.
This year we also have a new pitch track for Ukrainian tech startups, where the winner gets a monetary prize. We also offer an opportunity for to choose a paid ticket, the proceeds of which will also go to the winner.
How it works
Pre-selection process
Flashpoint team identifies 5 SaaS companies per technology track within seed & late-seed stage maturity parameters*
*MRR between $10k and $100k and/or raised between $0.3m and $3m
Pre-Final VC panel
A selected group of 25 startups will present before a VC panel with 1 winner from each track progressing to final
Grand Finale VC panel
A selected group of 5 finalists will present before a Grand Finale VC Panel to select the best SaaS pitch
Winner Announcement
The winner is awarded sponsor prizes from Flashpoint portfolio companies and leading technology enterprises
Our 2022 Jury, Speakers and Panelists
Partner
Dell Capital
General Partner
GR Capital
Field Marketing & Community
Chili Piper
Managing Partner
Market One Capital
General Partner
Vendep
Managing Partner
SMOK VC
Investor
Dawn Capital
Entrepreneur, Coach & Speaker
Earthians
Cofounder & CEO
Booksy
CPO & Founding Partner
Picsart
Chief Product Officer
Preply
General Partner
Flashpoint
Investment Director
Flashpoint
Board Member
Nasdaq
General Partner
500 Startups
Investment Director
PFR Ventures
Partner
Base10
Managing Partner
Brightcap Ventures
Managing Partner
Superhero Capital
Managing Partner
UNIQA Ventures
Partner, Advocate
Kondracki Celej
Business Development
The Private Investment Group
Board Member
Easy Payment Gateway
Business Development Director Trident Trust
Advisory Board Member
Ocean14 Capital
SummerSaas Director
Flashpoint
Managing Partner
Flashpoint
Investment Director
Flashpoint
Partner
Viola Growth
Co-Founder & Co-CEO
PlanRadar
Founder & General Partner
Acrobator Ventures
Founding Partner
Cherry Ventures
General Partner
Credo Ventures
Managing Partner
Lighthouse Ventures
Investment Manager
Beringea
Managing Partner
Oktogon VC
Partner
Venture Friends
Senior Innovation Analyst
Dealroom
Partner & Head of Acceleration
Black Pearls VC
Senior Manager
Trident Trust
Associate
Peak
General Partner
Flashpoint
Managing Partner
Flashpoint
Investment Team
Flashpoint
Managing Partner
FilRouge
Partner
Inventure
Partner
Speedinvest
Managing Partner
Launchub Ventures
Founder & former CEO
Numerator
Executive Director
(UVCA)
Managing Partner
Presto
Investment Director
OTB Ventures
Founder & CEO
Omnipack
Analytics
EQT Ventures
CEO & Founder
Sprinto
Chairman & CEO
Széchenyi Alapok
Head of VC
European Investment Fund
Partner
Flashpoint
Investment Team
Flashpoint
Investment Director
Flashpoint
Program
9 June 2022 / Thursday
all-time is BST / London
10:00 – 15:00
NETWORKING LOUNGE – you are welcome to join any time
MAIN STAGE
9:45 – 10:30
Opening remarks
Alex Konoplyasty
General Partner at Flashpoint Venture Capital
10:30 – 10:45
SaaS Venture Capital Trends and Insights
Ivan Draganov
Senior Innovation Analyst at Dealroom
10:45-11:20
Unbundling European and Israel angel investing
Deep dive into separating EU and Israeli tech angel investing ecosystem. What’s similar and what’s different in each ecosystem. Where our super angels hunt and what does it can catch a unicorn?
Alex Konoplyasty
General Partner at Flashpoint Venture Capital
Ran Tushia
Board Member at Easy Payment Gateway
Jared Schrieber
Founder & former CEO at Numerator
Bas Godska
Founder & General Partner at Acrobator Ventures
11:20-11:55
International Financial Institutions in European Tech
Understanding the current market conditions in the private markets, as the public capital markets continue on a downward trajectory, especially in the tech sector, how does this affect valuations, new investments and supporting emerging funds in the EU tech space going forward
Michael Szalontay
General Partner at Flashpoint
Małgorzata Walczak
Investment Director at PFR Ventures
Bakhrom Ibragimov
Head at EBRD Venture Capital
Bjorn Tremmerie
Head of VC and Impact Investing at European Investment Fund
Dénes Jobbágy
Chairman & CEO at Széchenyi Alapok
11:55-12:10
Tech Cyprus: Exploring the Opportunities
Cyprus IP Regime and Relocation Incentives
Christina Economou
Business Development Director at Trident Trust
Marilena Stylianou
Senior Manager at Trident Trust
12:10-12:45
Corporate panel: Emerging Europe tech winning the world market
Discussion around how technology companies from Emerging Europe & Israel is rapidly shaping the tech ecosystem and creating more Unicorns than ever before
Donatella Callegaris
Managing Partner at Flashpoint Venture Capital
Adam Kostyal
Board Member at Nasdaq
Sander Van de Rijdt
Co-Founder & Co-CEO at PlanRadar
Mikayel Vardanyan
CPO & Founding Partner at Picsart
12:45-13:20
Venture Debt product: why is Venture Debt under-represented in CEE
Why are we seeing less venture debt in CEE compared to the US or Western Europe? During the panel, we will try to find answers to the challenges with providing venture debt to CEE incorporated companies or why CEE companies are more debt averse than their western counterparts?
Denis Mosolov
Managing Partner at Flashpoint Venture Capital
Michael Schuster
Partner at Speedinvest
Rafał Celej
Partner, Advocate at Kondracki Celej
Tomek Kasperski
Founder & CEO at Omnipack
13:20-13:35
Will ESG increase my value?
Jan Dauman
Advisory Board Member at Ocean14 Capital
13:35-14:10
How to ace a marketplace
Building a successful marketplace business is notoriously difficult. We’ll talk here about the success stories of some of the best entrepreneurs on the market
Lukas Harustiak
Partner at Flashpoint Venture Capital
Stefan Batory
Cofounder & CEO at Booksy
Josh Crossick
Chief Product Officer at Preply
Stas Matviyenko
CEO at Allset
Peter Bialo
CFO at DocPlanner
14:10-14:30
Digitalisation of Venture Capital
VCs usually use tools that already existed in the 90s: email, Excel, and Powerpoint. But as companies and technologies become more advanced and complex, shouldn’t VCs adapt as well? Modern VC firms are buying into this notion and are becoming technology companies of their own, integrating different tools into complex workflows and building their internal solutions. We will discuss what challenges are hidden under the hood of this process, what are the demands of VCs and what direction we should move forward
Marton Medveczky
Investment Director at Flashpoint Venture Capital
Harry Thomas
Investment Manager at Beringea
Shamillah Bankiya
Investor at Dawn Capital
Anton Ask Åström
Analytics at EQT Ventures
Dr. Andre Retterath
Principal at Earlybird Venture Capital
14:30-14:50
Venture Scouting in Europe
Venture scouting and angel programs have been on the rise with several prominent European VCs launching their programs in the last few years. We will discuss how these programs work across different markets and what are the ideal scouts profiles. How much money can you make as a scout and what are the compensation schemes options?
Dmitry Smirnov
Investment Director at Flashpoint Venture Capital
Dima Sarle
Entrepreneur, Coach and Speaker at Earthians
Madeline Lawrence
Associate at Peak
Paul Zoicas
Business Development Manager at
The Private Investment Group
PITCH COMPETITION
10:00 – 10:45
Pitching session for seed/late seed startups in Vertical Saas track
Construction, real-estate, logistics, etc.
Ilja Velickis
Investor at Flashpoint Venture Capital
Ekaterina Gianelli
Partner at Inventure
András Molnár
CEO at Portfolion
Todor Breshkov
Managing Partner at Launchub Ventures
Ondrej Bartos
General Partner at Credo Ventures
Juha Ruohonen
Managing Partner at Superhero Capital
10:45 – 11:00
Shifting Left on Compliance
Early-stage startups have started to test security from the early development stage, rather than the pre-launch stage. Not only does this reduce time in iterations and re-development, but it also shows a rise in the importance of security in early-stage product development. Does this compliance-first approach help companies scale with ease? Let’s talk!
Girish Redekar
CEO & Founder at Sprinto
11:00 – 11:45
Pitching session for seed/late seed startups in Horizontal SaaS track
Productivity, sales, HR, support
Dmitry Smirnov
Investment Director at Flashpoint Venture Capital
Julien Coustaury
Managing Partner at FilRouge
Michael Schuster
Partner at SpeedInvest
Elina Halatcheva
Managing Partner at Brightcap Ventures
Max Filipov
General Partner at GR Capital
11:00 – 12:00
Sprinto Networking Lounge
Team Sprinto is here to discuss how compliance can become your competitive advantage. If you want to know more about compliance or want to understand the best ways to tackle security questionnaires, this is the place for you!
12:00- 12:45
Pitching session for seed/late seed startups in Developer Tools track
R&D productivity, product analytics, DevOps
Marton Medveczky
Investment Director at Flashpoint Venture Capital
Maciej Małysz
Partner at Inovo Venture Partners
Dan Calugareanu
Partner at Early Game Venture
Premysl Rubes
Managing Partner at Presto
Omri Green
Partner at Dell Capital
Vital Laptenok
CEO at F1V
12:10-13:10
Trident Trust Networking Lounge
Meet the experts from Trident Trust who will evolve your business
Christina Economou
Business Development Director at Trident Trust
13:00-13:45
Pitching session for seed/late seed startups in Fintech track
Alexey Sidorov
Investment Director at Flashpoint Venture Capital
Marcin Kurek
Managing Partner at Market One Capital
Andreas Nemeth
Managing Partner at UNIQA Ventures
Apostolos Apostolakis
Partner at Venture Friends
Gyula Feher
Managing Partner at Oktogon VC
Karol Szubstarski
Investment Director at OTB Ventures
14:00 – 14:45
Pitching session for seed/late seed startups in New economy track
Gig economy, Web3
Oz Hassine
Investor at Flashpoint Venture Capital
Zsolt Weiszbart
Partner at Day One Capital
Michal Zalesak
Managing Partner at Lighthouse Ventures
Eva Arh
Partner at 3VC
Filip Felician Dames
Founding Partner at Cherry Ventures
14:00 – 15:00
An hour with VC session
Join us to network with other startups and get advice from the VC’s
Ilja Velickis
Investor at Flashpoint Venture Capital
14:50 – 15:35
Pitching session for tech startups operating in Ukraine
Chili Piper is the sponsor of the Ukrainian pitch track award
Arthur Castillo
Field Marketing & Community at Chili Piper
Dmytro Kuzmenko
Executive Director at Ukrainian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (UVCA)
Borys Musielak
Managing Partner at SMOK VC
Ewa Chronowska
Partner at Next Road Ventures
Sami Ahvenniemi
General Partner at Vendep
Wojciech Drewczyński
Partner and Head of Acceleration at Black Pearls VC
15:35-16:30
Grand Finale
Grand Final for pitch competition
Anton Fedorov
Partner at Flashpoint Venture Capital
Alex Konoplyasty
General Partner at Flashpoint Venture Capital
Rexhi Dollaku
Partner at Base10
Natalie Refuah
Partner at Viola Growth
Enis Hulli
General Partner at 500 Startups
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